A RING FROM THE "VANITAS VANITATUM" SERIES. THE RING DEPICTS A PICTURE OF AN ANGEL WITH A SKULL IN HIS HAND. PAINTINGS WITH A SKULL BELONG TO THE GENRE OF PAINTING "VANITAS" OF THE BAROQUE ERA OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. SUCH PAINTINGS WERE INTENDED TO REMIND OF THE TRANSIENCE OF LIFE, THE FUTILITY OF PLEASURE AND THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH. INSIDE THE RING IS THE INSCRIPTION "VANITAS", WHICH MEANS "VANITY".